Welcome to the Birmingham Branch.
PLEASE NOTE : As from September meetings take place at:
Royal British Legion
12 Rectory Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 7AL
The meetings begin at 2.00 pm with doors open from 1.30 pm. and are usually concluded by 4.00 pm.
Refreshments are served during the interval and adjacent parking is free of charge.
There is an excellent Cross City Rail link embracing Lichfield, Birmingham, Redditch and calling at Sutton Coldfield.
Non-members are made most welcome and we encourage their attendance. A small voluntary donation towards the expenses of the speaker and the venue would be appreciated.
Upcoming Branch Events
The U - Boat Campaign 1914 – 1918 – Dr Graham Kemp
The U - Boat Campaign 1914 – 1918 – Dr Graham Kemp The Inside Story' This final talk in series on commerce raiders, shows how the German U-boat became the commerce raider of the war and how it ended in failure. It includes the remarkable stories and experiences of those who served in the U Boats, what was it like to serve in them.
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A study of British Second Corps 1914. - Geof White
A study of British Second Corps 1914.' I can send you a short summary in due course. Basically historians generally support that Smith-Dorrien's Second Corps, despite its performances at Mons and Le Cateau was a poorer performing formation compared to other Corps in the BEF and particularly Haig's Fist Corps. My research did turn up some surpr...
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The Conquest of German Togoland August 1914 - James White
The Conquest of German Togoland, August 1914' An account of Britain's first victorious, albeit short (three weeks), campaign of the Great War in West Africa. Led by a Captain Bryant and his men of the Gold Coast Regiment, they saw many firsts: among them, the first shots fired by a British soldier in the Great War as well as the first officer to...
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